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Welcome
to my personal stitching album. I'm working on a new stitch-along
with the Kustom Krafts Egroup - See 'Everyone Needs Their Own Space'
below.
These
are only a fraction of the stitching I've done over the years. Many
were given as birthday, wedding, Mother's Day, Christmas, birth
announcements and so on. I never even thought to take a photo of
each design/craft I made over the years so I can only show you what
happens to have been kept for our home.
I've put the copyright info and design name with those that I can
identify. As I search through the many magazines and charts I have
here, I'll add info. to the others.
Personal
Stitching - WIP's
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Reflection - Gold Collection by Dimensions |
Mini
Mystery D by Chatelaine Designs |
Myrrh
by Victoria Sampler |
Sweet
Dreams by JCA Inc. |
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I'm
stitching this design for my DBF who loves, loves, loves tigers.
Design is worked on 18 ct Black Aida - I have to use my magnifier
for this one.
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I
started this design as part of a Chatelaine stitch-along -
I put it aside for some time and just started working on it
again in the last several months. Very pretty on the linen
banding.
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I
always wanted to stitch the Frankincense, Myrrh, and Gold
designs by Victoria Sampler. My secret sister from one of
my egroups gave me this design as a gift. I have to frog the
eyelets and use a magnifier to be sure to stitch each portion
of the eyelet in the correct threads. It's a pain having eyes
that get 'old' and can't see as well up close.
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This
design is so beautiful - I started with the wallpaper border
at the top of the design.
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| Everyone
Needs Their Own Space |
Angel
of Healing Progress
Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum© |
Family
Treasure III
Marilyn
Leavitt-Imblum© |
Mother's
Arms
Nora
Corbett - Mirabilia©
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I'm
working this design as part of a stitch-along with Kustom
Krafts egroup. It's an adorable design of a kitty in a basket
surrounded by flowers and vines. I started at the bottom center
and am working my way up.
I'm
thinking of making this design into a stocking for DBF's daughter
- it's the perfect shape with the flowers running up one side
and the basket and kitty across the bottom.
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I
decided to change her hair to brunette. I really like her
this way.
Fabric:
Silkweaver Hand-Dyed Expressions Serenity 32 ct Lugana
For Brunette Hair:
Replace
434 with 938
Replace 676 with 433
Replace 677 with 434
Replace 729 with 898
Replace 801 with 3371
Replace 3829 with 838
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I've
had this design in my stash for years and finally started
it in the Fall of 2003. I've only done a little as I jump
around between my own designs and personal stitching.
Fabric:
32 ct Prairie Grain Linen
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I've
always loved this design and finally got around to starting
it the 2nd week of January 2004.
Fabric: 32 count Cream Linen (not sure of color name)
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Molecules
of Fiber
Orna
Willis©
Free Design from Caron Collection
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The
Lord's Supper
by
Leisure Arts - Needlework Adaptation by Sandy Orton |
The
Gnomes of Stoney Bridge
Stoney
Creek Collection, Inc.©
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My first counted
needlepoint
Very similar to working counted thread/specialty stitch designs.
Fabric: 18
count Mono Deluxe Canvas Santa Fe Sage
I'm
afraid this design will not be completed because it was stored
in the cellar after we moved and I was very upset to see it
had mold growing on it.
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I
was working this design for my mom who had done this in paint
by number when we were growing up. It hung in our living room
until it was lost to a fire that totaled our home. I'm finding
the chart very difficult to work from because it's on shiny
finished paper and impossible to mark your stiches as you
go along.
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I
started this design to submit to Stoney Creek for model stitching
- only the border is left to finish. The amount of color changes
made me crazy so I decided not to model stitch for them -
even though their designs are lovely.
Fabric:
28 ct Antique Ivory Jobelan
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Crewel
Embroidery
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and crewel designs below were from Creative Expressions (as
far as I remember) - a company that used to hold home parties
and had many lovely kits. The Spring Tree is actually 2 pieces
of fabric sewn together to create the look of the horizon.
The Wild Horses are almost all long and short stitch ( I think
that's what it was called). It was a lot of work. The Tapestry
design on the left was worked on while I was in college. It
has stitches worked into in by a little cousin who liked to
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Below
are designs I've designed and stitched for Treasured Tapestries
Stockings
I've stitched for my children
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"Home
for Christmas" from the magazine, "Cross Stitch
& Country Crafts." Stitched in 1987-1988 for my oldest
child.
I
couldn't find the special thread for the popcorn, so I used
some baby yarn to stitch the french knots of popcorn.
Fabric:
14 ct Ivory Aida (I think!)
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My
youngest wanted a "Lion King" stocking because she
loved the Disney movie. This stocking is a combination of
designs from The Keepsake Calendar by Craftworks Corp.
The
original design of the animals was worked in a square with
the lettering worked around the 4 sides of the square. I had
to jostle the animals a bit, add a bottom to the wolf, add
more grass/ground and more tree.
I
then added the words, "Wrought with tender loving care
by Mommy" and my initials 'dds' and the year '1997.'
Fabric:
14 ct Oatmeal Aida
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"Sugar
& Spice" from the magazine, "Cross Stitch &
Country Crafts." Stitched over a number of years for
my 2nd child. She kept changing her mind between this stocking
and a hardanger snowflake one. It's almost done now. . .she's
15 already!
Fabric:
14 ct Cream Aida (I think!)
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Other
Cross Stitch
All
the designs below (except for the stuffed animal design) are
from various U.S. Counted Cross Stitch & Needlework magazines
and their yearly calendars. I'm not sure which designs are
from which magazines/calendars anymore! But, I subscibed to
'Cross Stitch & Country Crafts' later to be called 'Cross
Stitch & Needlework' and received their yearly calendar,
'The Keepsake Calendar' for many years. I also subscribed
to 'Cross Stitch!' 'Cross Stitch Quick & Easy' and various
magazines/calendars published by The Needlecraft Shop.
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There
are 3 Halloween bags - one for each of my children, but this
is the only one I could find!
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The
pillows were also made for each of my children.
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The
fishermen hang in the living room.
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These
names were stitched for my children and then used to make
a small quilt for them.
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The little
Heart Welcome pillow was made for our front door.
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The Tropical
Fish were stitched because my children loved the design. I
added the names of each fish to the design. They told the
names, but didn't chart them to be stitched. I thought it
made the picture much more interesting.
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The stuffed
animal picture was designed by me and stitched for Loves Quilts.
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Soldier & Ballerina reminded me of a story book my daughter
loved which I think was also titled, The Soldier & the Ballerina.
The
jewelry hanger was made for my sister for Christmas one year.
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Some
Original Crafts
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are all my original designs made for my children. The stocking
is made of shaggy felt with regular felt appliques which were
attached with fusible webbing and then have accents worked in
the running stitch to make them look like they were hand-appliqued.
The sweatshirts were fun to make, fiddling with ribbons, buttons,
fabric and were machine appliqued. The larger motifs of the
kitty and moon were attached with fusible webbing and then machine
appliqued. |
Original
Ragdolls
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a series of ragdolls I made. They are original designs of mine.
There is also a clown ragdoll but I can't find the photo. Most
of these were given away as Christmas gifts and each of my girls
chose one for themselves. |
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East Hampton, Connecticut, USA
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